A42763:146
CXI propositions concerning the ministry and government of the ChurchCXI propositions concerning the ministerie and government of the Church
Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1647
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But the end of Ecclesiastical power, yea the end as well of the Ministry it self, as of the Godly Minister, is, that the Kingdom of Christ may be set forward, that the paths of the Lord be made straight, that his holy mysteries may be kept pure, that stumbling-blocks may be removed out of the Church, lest a little leaven, leaven the whole lump; or lest one sick or scabbed sheep infect the whole flock; that the faithful may so walk as it becometh the Gospel of Christ, ⟨p. 29⟩and that the wandering sheep of Christ may be converted and brought back to the sheepfold.
But the end of Ecclesiasticall power, yea the end as well of the Ministery it self, as of the Godly Minister, is, that the Kingdome of Christ may bee set forward, that the pathes of the Lord bee made straight, that his holy mysteries may bee kept pure, that stumbling-blocks may bee removed out of the Church, lest a little leaven, leaven the whole lump; or lest one sick or scabbed sheep infect the whole flock; that the faithfull may so walk as it becometh the Gospel of Christ, ⟨p. 29⟩and that the wandering sheep of Christ may be converted and brought back to the sheepfold.